| Election Name: | 1990 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1988 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 1990 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 20 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,637 |
| Percentage1: | 38.3% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 22,907 |
| Percentage2: | 38.8% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,912 |
| Percentage3: | 20.2% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Labour Party |
The 1990 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1986. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had been under no overall control since 1987.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 14| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 59,045| style="text-align: right;" |All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1986 election.